Sacred Heart Parish News

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Backpack Buddy Food Drive

NEXT PICK-UP DATE:

Wednesday October 23, 2025

After a hiatus, Sacred Heart Catholic Church has resumed our partnership with other Cherokee County area churches, to provide food for needy children here in Cherokee County during school breaks, such as Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break, Christmas and Spring Breaks.


Food insecurity is an official term used by the USDA and it refers to people who don’t have enough to eat and don’t know where their next meal is coming from. It is a big problem in the United States and over    13 million children in our country experience it annually.  Unfortunately Cherokee County is no stranger  to food insecurity.


Sacred Heart Parishioners have always generously supported this community wide project.


So as a refresher, and for those who may not have been part of our Parish when we participated in this much needed endeavor before, our contributions will be picked up probably 4-5 times a year. The food will be sorted and organized, then distributed to Cherokee County Students through their schools, to help cover those times when they do not have access to school breakfast and lunch. For some children, school food may be their only source of sustenance.

 

A FEW SUGGESTIONS: (non-perishable items that can be broken into individual servings)


  • Ramen Noodles
  • Individual mac and cheese cups
  • Small cans of beanie weanies, spaghetti, chicken and dumplings, lasagna, etc
  • Vienna sausages
  • Spam
  • Tuna
  • Individual boxes of cereal
  • Individual packets of instant oatmeal or grits
  • Pop-tarts
  • Little Debbies
  • Peanut butter crackers
  • Juice Boxes


Obviously as you cruise though the grocery store, you will see many more appropriate things

Please Bring food to the Parish Life Center BEFORE Pick-Up Date!

Thank You for Your continued Generosity And May God Bless You!

Migrant Worker Child Care Services

FORMED - The Catholic Faith on Demand is Available to all Registered Parishioners

English as a Second Language Classes Begin September 12 at Sacred Heart Parish

Adult Education has Partnered with Sacred Heart Catholic Church to Provide ESL Classes

Adult Education has partnered with Sacred Heart Catholic Church to provide ESL classes at night. Dona Greer has assisted Janice Ford (the adult Education ESL instructor) with these classes.  SCAACE- the Adult Education Teachers Association- offers an opportunity for adult education instructors to write mini-grants to assist with instruction. Dona Greer saw a need for Oxford Picture Dictionaries that students can use over the summer and received one of the four $250 mini grants.

Adult Education will conclude ESL Classes on Monday night, May 2nd at 5:30 pm. We will present the church with the 9 dictionaries on this night. 

 

Copied from Dona Greer’s mini-grant application:

 

The Cherokee County Adult Education (CCAE) Program established a partnership in with Sacred Heart Catholic Church based on the need for ESL Evening classes for its congregation and community. The Hispanic parishioners continue to grow and the church wants to provide a way to assist these limited English-speaking members. This partnership is a new endeavor for our program, and there is a large population that needs our services. The church provides the class space, which is a comfortable, safe, and familiar environment.

 

Our program has never experienced this amount of students who signed up for ESL Classes at one time. Our program purchased some books; however, we could not buy enough books to meet the needs of the class. Due to an increase in the number of students enrolled in the daytime ESL classes, books are needed for daytime classes and therefore, the ESL instructor can’t leave any additional books at the church. The ESL teacher must transport books, materials, and resources from our main ESL site to our evening satellite site. This is a burden on the instructor.

 

We have an influx of non-English speaking or limited English speaking population in our community. It is the desire of the CCAE program to assist students in overcoming barriers in order to become successful students, parents, employees, and community members. By having adequate materials at this new site, we can invest in our students in a way that will impact their future. This class may change the outcome of their life and provide a ripple effect in their family and the community.

 

Would you like to come?

 

Beth C. Martin

Director

Cherokee County Adult Education

243 Allison Drive

Gaffney, SC 29341

864-206-6993

Sacred Heart Parish Has a New Receptionist /Communications

Sacred Heart is  pleased to announce that the Parish office has a new receptionist/communications, Katie Stone.


Katie will be in the office on Tuesday through Friday  from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  . She can also be reached at kstone@charlestondiocese.org.


Katie and her family are new members of our parish. We welcome her to her new role at Sacred Heart!

Catholic Radio Licensed on FM Radio Frequency

Greer, SC – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a license to Mediatrix SC Inc. (Catholic Radio in South Carolina) to operate an FM translator (repeater signal) originating from its Greer tower site which currently hosts WCKI 1300 AM. The new signal will broadcast Catholic Radio content twenty-four hours a day at 105.3 FM. In addition to radio show offerings from the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), the new signal will air short interviews, special features, and announcements of local interest.

 

For listeners outside the AM and FM coverage areas, Catholic Radio in South Carolina provides a means to access its broadcast using a telephone. By dialing NEW NUMBER 1 (605) 781-4104 (Powered by Zeno Media®), any phone with a dial tone becomes a personal Catholic Radio listening device. There is no extra charge for this service but normal call rates and limits do apply. If a plan has unlimited long distance calling, one can listen essentially for free.

 

NOTE: There are two non-affiliated low power FM stations which also provide Catholic Content: WSEJ-LP 96.7 FM St. Pauls' School in Spartanburg and WGWY-LP 107.7 FM K of C #1668 in Simpsonville. More information is available at CatholicRadioInSC.com

 

Sacred Heart Parish participating in the Escuela de  la Fe program provided by the Diocese of Charleston

The School of Faith is a program sponsored by the Diocese of Charleston to assist the Hispanic faithful, to integrate more fully, consciously, and actively into the life of the Church, knowing, celebrating, and living our Catholic faith as a domestic and community Church.

 

The program consists of 15 courses offered over a 3 year period. Upon completion of the course work the student will be awarded a Certificate from the School of Faith.

 

The classes are offered at Sacred Heart Parish on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month in the Parish Life Center. Our Parish is very fortunate to be able to offer the classes locally.


If you are interested in participation call the parish office.


Detailed information about this program is available on the Dioceses of Charleston website https://charlestondiocese.org/hispanic-ministry/escuela-de-la-fe-cristo-maestro/.

 

Catechism Registration

Cathechism registration will begin in August for children in grades 1-8.

Children will receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist or Confirmation when they have received the required training and have demonstrated that they are ready.


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